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Topic: vector to get infected? (Read 4764 times)

Sorry for my bad english, I'm from Latin America. I have sex relation with a sex worker, vaginal sex with protection. But my worry is the next, I'm touch with my middle finger the vagina,( i didn't introduce) less than 1 second, and i cant remember if a have an injure. Suppose that i had a little cut near the nail that wasn't bleeding but it was redness i did a Elisa test 4th generation (antigen p24, antihiv1-antihiv2) after 19 days of the exposure and they thought negative.

1-what its my real risk 2 be infected?2-its necessary to do another test?

Whether you had any nicks or whatevers on your finger are irrelevant. HIV is not an easy virus to transmit and there are no confirmed cases ever of transmission in the manner you are concerned about.

You did the right and most important thing: you wore a condom for intercourse. They provide very effective protection whether you are with a civilian or a professional. Keep on doing that everytime you have intercourse and you will be fine as far as HIV is concerned.

I don't see any need for testing nor any need to re-test.

In general we do recommend that anyone who is sexually active should regularly get a full panel of STD tests done. That means at least once a year and every six months is even better. There are other STDs out there which are much easier to catch than HIV.

As far as HIV is concerned I don't see any cause for you to be further concerned this time.

Fingering isn't low risk, no matter what sort of details you want to add, it's NO risk. Not one person has ever become infected through fingering in over twenty five years of this pandemic and you will NOT be the first.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

i have another doubt, I little scare, i cant remember if the condom didn't ripped, but i only remember that the semen didn't leaks out, coz i touched the top of the condom (was the only part of the condom where i looked after the relation), the sexual relation took only 5 minutes, and sex worker didn't have inconvenient to take off the condom from my penis. Whats the chance that the condom ripped?thank u very much

hi.first at all thanks for all the staff of the forum, u r doing an amazing job! OK, the situation is the next: if I'm in jacuzzi with another people, and this person ejaculate semen in the jacuzzi, r there some risk 2 get infected if the semen get in contact with some injure of my body under the water?and why? thank u anyways! I'm waiting an answer!

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Cum floating around in a jacuzzi is NOT a risk for hiv infection. Hiv is very fragile and quickly becomes damaged and unable to infect a new host when it finds itself outside the human body.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

thank u.. well i going to tell the truth... i little scarry coz my fingering incident (so i dont know my status, i have to wait 3 weeks more to re-test ). OK.. here we go.. about 2 days ago, i took a bath. At the beginning of the shower i ejaculated.. ( all the shower took me 10 minutes more and less). After the shower, about 5 minutes after, my sister took a shower to my little dog in the same bath... im very worried, i forget to clean the bath and maybe there was some semen fluid there, she maybe touched it with her hands, tell me there was NO RISK of get infected!!? and why?! thank u! ill be waiting ur answer!

thank u.. well i going to tell the truth... i little scarry coz my fingering incident (so i dont know my status, i have to wait 3 weeks more to re-test ). OK.. here we go.. about 2 days ago, i took a bath. At the beginning of the shower i ejaculated.. ( all the shower took me 10 minutes more and less). After the shower, about 5 minutes after, my sister took a shower to my little dog in the same bath... im very worried, i forget to clean the bath and maybe there was some semen fluid there, she maybe touched it with her hands, tell me there was NO RISK of get infected!!? and why?! thank u! ill be waiting ur answer!

Instead of worrying so much and coming up with these scary scenarios which have absolutely no basis in HIV science, how about reading or re-reading the lesson on Transmission. You can find it through a link in the Welcome thread at the top of this section.

You worrying about your sister getting HIV from showering in the same tub you used earlier is so far out it's hard to take it seriously. But of course you're worried right now and the mind comes up with all kinds of nonsense to bother you with.

You are really torturing yourself without any basis in HIV science. No kidding.

hi again, i wanna share the last test result (elisa 4th generation) it was negative after 11 week of the finger incident.. the result could be a false negative? the result is conclusive? can i move on with my life?

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

I wanna give the thanks to you Ann, andyvelez, rapidod and all the staff of aidsmeds, u r doing a great service to the community (¨great¨ is not enough to describe it ) u give me the mental peace when i was in the deep dark hole! im very grateful"